Beloved

My dear friends,  There's something important that I think you need to know: you are beloved. Greatly loved. Dear to the heart. I know it may not feel like it, but I'm telling you, you are loved. I wouldn't lie about a thing like this.  Far too often we rely on family, friends, and significant others to make us feel greatly loved. And while they certainly do love us a lot, no matter how hard they try, they seem to fall short of the kind of love we're looking for. So we keep looking...

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The Price of Obedience

I never thought I would move home after college. It's not that I don't love my family or that I didn't want to live in the town that I grew up in. Rather, by the time I graduated from high school, I was so dissatisfied with the church community in my town that I promised myself I would never have to deal with it again. I was done. I moved to Rochester, NY for college and there, I could visit a different church every Sunday if I wanted to. And they were all great. I was convinced that Rochester was...

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Foundations of Praise

It is so easy to complain. At this time of my life, a time of transition, change, and uncertainty, I find myself saying things like: Lord, why do you have me here?, Lord, I don't know what my future holds and I'm scared, and Lord, this isn't how I imagined life would be. In the past two months, I have graduated from college, moved back home, and started a new job. I've experienced a lot of change lately and I think God totally understands where I'm coming from. I've been convicted, though, about...

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